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1. The Thin Red Line (1998)
R | 170 min | Drama, History, War
Adaptation of James Jones' autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 200,165 | Gross: $36.40M
2. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
PG | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1880s India, two former British soldiers decide to set themselves up as Kings in Kafiristan, a land where no white man has set foot since Alexander the Great.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey
Votes: 52,177
3. The Idolmaker (1980)
PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land
Votes: 1,517
4. D'Artacan y los tres mosqueperros (1981–1982)
TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In 17th century France, young Dogtanian travels to Paris to fulfill his ambition to become one of the King's Musketeers. He befriends Athos, Porthos and Aramis and falls in love with Juliette. A doggy version of the tale.
Stars: Eduardo Jover, Gloria Cámara, Manuel Peiró, Jesús Nieto
Votes: 2,817
5. 7 Plus Seven (1970 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children after a seven-year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield, Andrew Brackfield
Votes: 3,233
6. Torvill & Dean (2018 TV Movie)
95 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Biopic of Britain's most famous ice skaters.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon | Stars: Poppy Lee Friar, Will Tudor, Cassie Bradley, Dean Andrews
Votes: 481
7. Desperation Boulevard (1998)
90 min | Comedy
A former child star tries to get her career back in Hollywood.
Director: Greg Glienna | Stars: Judy Tenuta, Michael Lerner, Erin Moran, Wil Shriner
Votes: 101
8. The Conquest (2011)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A look at French president Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power.
Director: Xavier Durringer | Stars: Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Michèle Moretti
Votes: 1,706 | Gross: $0.07M
9. How to Live Forever (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Baby boomer Mark Wexler travels the world searching for the secrets of long life.
Director: Mark Wexler | Stars: Suzanne Somers, Phyllis Diller, Ray Bradbury, Jack LaLanne
Votes: 286 | Gross: $0.06M
10. Mon père est ingénieur (2004)
108 min | Drama
Her parents and a former lover try to help a woman out of an apparently unjustified catatonic condition.
Director: Robert Guédiguian | Stars: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts
Votes: 228
11. Marvin's Lament (2008)
18 min | Short, Drama
Marvin is an office drone approaching middle-age. Following the death of a close friend and long-time business associate on a business vacation, and while witnessing his young and ambitious... See full summary »
Director: Alex Cassun | Stars: Dan Swett, David Kaufman, Giuseppe Manzella, David Shick
Votes: 9
12. Lucky Day (2019)
6 min | Short, Comedy
The ordinary day of Antoine Miller, a dynamic young man, who does not allow himself to be defeated by the vagaries of his existence.
Director: Eddy Juillerat | Stars: Luca Colucci, Olivier Guibert
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This Time Next Year (2016–2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2016)
60 min | Reality-TV
Davina meets a teacher wanting to lose 10 stone in weight, a couple raising money for IVF treatment, a 74-year-old man looking for love, a woman hoping to fulfill her ambition to be a body-builder and a man who wants to tackle his stammer.
Star: Davina McCall